The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
The mind has a thousand eyes,
and the heart but one:
Yet the light of a whole life dies
When love is done.
by Francis William Bourdillon (also used by INSOMNIUM – Drawn To Black – Above the Weeping World).
Archive for the ‘Poetry’ Category
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
Saturday, May 16th, 2009 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Saturday, May 16th, 2009Favourite part taken from the – The Rime of the Ancient Mariner – by Samuel Taylor Coleridge – Illustration by Gustave Dore (my favourite artist).
DEATH and LIFE-IN-DEATH
have diced for the ship’s crew,
and she (the latter) winneth the ancient Mariner.
Her lips were red, her looks were free,
Her locks were yellow as gold:
Her skin was as white as leprosy,
The Nightmare LIFE-IN-DEATH was she,
Who thicks man’s blood with cold.
The game is done! I’ve won, I’ve won!,
Quoth she, and whistles thrice.
The bird of Hermes is my name eating my wings to make me tame.
Monday, May 11th, 2009The bird of Hermes is my name eating my wings to make me tame. – written across Alucard’s coffin taken from The Ripley Scroll (read the whole thing amazing) I plan on adding all my favorite poetry as I go along…
